Feisty winger, 23, has hustled, hit and even fought in his first seven pointless games after being recalled by the Vancouver Canucks.
Lockwood got sideboards stick-taps from the Canucks bench and post-game bouquets for his bravado. After all, with NCAA fighting resulting in a game disqualification, he didn’t have much to draw upon for his three American Hockey League bouts and one in the NHL the last two seasons.
Recently recalled Canucks winger Will Lockwood added a penalty-killing component to his game during his time with the AHL Abbotsford Canucks.Lockwood played two late-season NHL games last season, but growing his game with the AHL affiliate in Utica, N.Y., in 2020-21 and Abbotsford this season warranted the recall. Especially after Motte was dealt to the New York Rangers at the March 21 deadline and with wingers Mathew Highmore and Nils Höglander sidelined at that time.
Lockwood has picked up bits and pieces of watching guys in The Show and cited fellow University of Michigan alum Luke Glendening as someone he has always looked up to, especially to tap into this league. “Each game, I’m gaining a little more confidence and getting used to the systems by thinking less and playing more. The coaches have been great and it has been a smoother transition that I thought it would be.”
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